Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis

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Cambridge University Press, Jul 23, 2020 - Business & Economics - 742 pages
Already among the most important sectors of the US economy, the entertainment and media industries are continuing to grow worldwide. Fully updated, the tenth edition of Entertainment Industry Economics is the definitive reference on the economics of film, music, television, advertising, broadcasting, cable, casinos, publishing, arts and culture, performing arts, toys and games, sports, and theme parks. Its synthesis of a vast amount of data provides an up-to-date guide to the economics, financing, accounting, production, marketing, and history of these sectors in the United States and countries across the globe. This edition offers new material on streaming services, the relationship between demographics and entertainment spending, electromagnetic spectrum for broadcasters, and revised FASB accounting rules for film and television. Financial analysts and investors, economists, industry executives, accountants, lawyers, regulators, and journalists, as well as students preparing to join these professionals will benefit from this invaluable source.
 

Contents

Economic Perspectives
3
Notes
39
Further Reading
46
Notes
71
Further Reading
83
Movie Macroeconomics
89
Further Reading
132
Notes
169
Notes
420
Toys and Games
428
Notes
441
Further Reading
449
Gaming and Wagering
455
Further Reading
492
Further Reading
525
Notes
555

Further Reading
198
Financial Accounting in Movies and Television
205
Notes
254
Further Reading
279
Further Reading
325
Notes
355
Further Reading
367
Cable
372
Notes
393
Further Reading
401
Further Reading
564
AmusementTheme Parks
571
Notes
582
Performance and Policy
589
Sources of Information
598
Baccarat
602
References
636
Index
703
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About the author (2020)

Harold L. Vogel was the senior entertainment and media analyst at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. for seventeen years and has taught at the Columbia Business School in New York and the Cass Business School in London. His books include Travel Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis (3rd edition, 2016) and Financial Market Bubbles and Crashes: Features, Causes, and Effects (2nd edition, 2018).

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